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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiol Young. 2016 Nov 10;27(6):1090–1097. doi: 10.1017/S1047951116002092

Table 1.

Melody® valve procedural adverse events

U.S. prospective studies (N=248) Registry and case series MAUDE medical device reports Case Reports
Conduit rupture / tear 8 (3.2%) 41 1 -
Access site complications 5 (2.0%) 13 - -
Guidewire PA perforation 3 (1.2%) 4 - -
Hemodynamic change 3 (1.2%) - - 2
Coronary compression 2 (0.8%) 5 5 1
Ventricular arrhythmia 1 (0.4%) 1 - -
Paravalvar leak 1 (0.4%) - - -
Malposition / embolization - 5 5 1
Acute device failure - 3 4 -
Complete heart block - 2 - 1
PA obstruction - 1 2 -
Inappropriate unsheathing - - 2 -
Aorto-pulmonary fistula - - 2 1
Major AE NOS - 19 - -
Peri-procedural mortality 0 (0%) 4 1 -

AE: Adverse event, NOS: not otherwise specified